Imran to run for Karachi’s NA-243 seat

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Imran to run for Karachi’s NA-243 seat

Kashif Abbasi Published June 15, 2018

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s parliamentary board on Thursday awarded tickets to candidates from Sindh for the National Assembly, besides officially announcing that PTI chairman Imran Khan would be contesting the election from NA-243 (Karachi East).

The party had previously announced 24 candidates from Sindh and withheld the announcement on the remaining seats for various reasons, including internal disputes on some of the constituencies.

The PTI also announced that it would not entertain any complaint on the issue of award of party tickets after the expiry of the deadline on Thursday midnight.

According to the official announcement by the PTI’s Central Media Department, Imran Khan will contest from NA-243 Karachi East-II constituency comprising areas of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Jamshed Quarters and census charges No 12 and 13 of Karachi East.

The total number of registered voters in the constituency is 695,588 with 644,362 voters (92 per cent) residing only in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal locality.

The contest has become all the more interesting as Imran Khan will be facing chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and former deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly Shehla Raza of the Pakistan Peoples Party from the same constituency.

The names of the PTI candidates for the National Assembly are: Syed Tahir Hussain Shah (NA-206 Sukkur-I); Mubeen Ahmed (NA-207 Sukkur-II); Mohammad Hakam (NA-227 Hyderabad-III); Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah (NA-228 Tando Mohammad Khan); Malik Pahar Khan (NA-233 Jamshoro); Liaquat Ali Jatoi (NA-234 Dadu-I); Karim Ali Jatoi (NA-235 Dadu-II); Masroor Ali (NA-236 Malir-I); retired Capt Jamil Ahmed Khan (NA-237 Malir-II); Naeem Adil Shaikh (NA-238 Malir-III); Mohammad Akram (NA-239 Korangi Karachi-I); Saifur Rehman (NA-242 Karachi East-I); Imran Khan Niazi (NA-243 Karachi East-II); Syed Ali Haider Zaidi (NA-244 Karachi East-III); Dr Arif Alvi ( NA-247 Karachi South-II); Sardar Aziz (NA-248 Karachi West-I); Faisal Vawda (NA-249 Karachi West-II); Attaullah (NA-250 Karachi West-III); Mohammad Aslam (NA-251 Karachi West-IV); Aftab Jehangir (NA-252 Karachi West-V); Mohammad Ashraf Jabbar (NA-253 Karachi Central-I); Mohammad Aslam Khan (NA-254 Karachi Central-II); Mahmood Baqi Moulvi (NA-255 Karachi Central-III) and Mohammad Najeeb Haroon (NA-256 Karachi Central-IV).

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2018

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Kashif Ali Abbasi is an Islamabad-based reporter for Dawn with 17 years of experience in journalism. He covers sports, the education sector, and civic issues. He can be found on X at @AbbasiKashif833.

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Imran Mohamamd

Jun 15, 2018 11:03am

Good move for Imran Khan We need a leader like Imran khan himself Good bye to corrupted parties.

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Sajjad

Jun 15, 2018 11:22am

They should only be allowed to run from one seat, where they reside. This is mockery of the election and waste of tax payers money.

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Malik Usman Javed

Jun 15, 2018 11:32am

Over confidence....Recipe for Disaster.....some time internal factors of any party purposely put top leadership in defeating situation so to keep their heels on ground and keep them under pressure

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Zak

Jun 15, 2018 12:26pm

Karachites needs a change, therefore, Ik is the best option among those tested parties.

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Nayyar

Jun 15, 2018 12:53pm

I think zero probability for IK to win from this important seat. IK was busy focusing on Panama and hardly spent time in Karachi. Karachi is different from Punjab and delivery of service matters.

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riaz ahmed

Jun 15, 2018 12:59pm

Imran Khan can never win from Karachi despite of his utmost effort and support from powerful quarters.

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Karachitee

Jun 15, 2018 03:20pm

Not only Imran but Shahbaz Sharif should also contest election from Karachi. It is good for Karachi.

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Zak

Jun 15, 2018 03:59pm

@Sajjad Agreed. Good point.

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Zak

Jun 15, 2018 04:00pm

IK should have run against PPP stronghold. He can deal with new MQM but not PPP.

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Irfan_Sydney

Jun 15, 2018 04:27pm

In the West where Imran Khan got educated, a candidate can only run on one seat and he has to be a resident of that seat. Suppose Imran Khan wins all 5 seats, then someone can run on rest of the 4 seats. The imagine that person wins the 4 seats then someone will run for the rest of the three seats and the game will continue. It is a joke for country as poor as Pakistan. How many millions can be saved by following rest of the world and if it is ok then why can't Imran Khan run from all the seats of national assembly?

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Ali vohra

Jun 15, 2018 04:56pm

My vote for Imran Khan only

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MSUH

Jun 15, 2018 05:11pm

So who ever vote for shela raza or khalid mabool will suffer the same rotten karachi which it become for 5 more years.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Jun 15, 2018 05:20pm

Welcome Imran Khan to the NA 243 (Karachi - East) constituency as a contesting candidates in the upcoming 2018 general elections. Keep it up and hang on tough.

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Rohit

Jun 15, 2018 07:42pm

How many seats is he going to run from? What a waste of tax payers money!

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Omair

Jun 15, 2018 08:36pm

This constituency is a good mix of middle class and rich folks. PTI got a good amount of votes last time from here. But IK doesn't like to visit Karachi or talk about it. Let's see how that will affect the vote

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Salim Badruddin

Jun 15, 2018 09:15pm

Overseas Pakistani people should also be allowed to vote. Inform the consul.

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